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The halo effect: cockpit culture still an issue

The fatal crash earlier this year of a Garuda Airlines 737-400 on Java underscores that the cockpit culture in which the pilot’s actions are not to be questioned, even when he puts the plane and its passengers in danger, has still not changed in some places in the world.

Read my Aerospace Notebook for more on this crash and what it says about how cockpit crews interact with each other.

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